Arthur Johnson Western Letters – Professor Fayard Response Essay 2 10/29/12 Arthur Johnson Western Letters – Fayard 10/29/12 Response Essay #2 Francois-Marie Arouet De Voltaire shows in many instances in Candide that he does not buy into the idea of the Enlightenment. With Voltaire’s simple mockery of the idea of a perfect world with a perfectly good God‚ it is evident that he does not appreciate the idea that everything happens for a reason. Despite Voltaire holding these extremely negative
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Personal response. Nurzaida Syaza Zawawi IB 95 I would strongly disagree with the statement “uniforms interfere with students’ freedom of self expression” as I am positive that uniform would somehow trigger students to excel academically. Students are teenagers who tend to be fashion-victims and their desire to be up-to-date with the flow of fashion would never fade away. Hence‚ they may be less likely to take school seriously as most of them are keen to look good rather than to have fantastic
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“Trashed” Essay From the perspective of space you can barely tell the effect humans have made on the earth. As you get closer‚ however‚ you can see the trash and impact we have truly caused. “Trashed” was influential to me because it opened my eyes to a different perspective. It showed me real world people in real world situations. I’ve ignored the facts and was ignorant to not think of the fact the world is deteriorating around me. I never really thought of where all our trash goes not only as
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Melvin Williams Professor Hadden Cultural Psychology March 31‚ 2015 Movie Response: Jesus Camp In the documentary Jesus Camp young children are shown in their native environment to have very close relationships with the Lord. Jesus Camp focuses on young white evangelical Christians from the heartland of America who are all being home schooled by their mothers and taught to be zealous soldiers in God’s army fighting the Devil and the morally bankrupt and godless secular culture in what is called
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than reality. The discussions between the European people on the Japanese people in the film‚ ‘Paradise Road’ can be viewed as a self-opinion truth. The conversation revealed a racial prejudice against the Japanese which highlights on the dramatic effects on how people think of other people because of where they are from and what they do. People often make assumption on others due to experiences therefore cannot predict what can exactly happened. The viewed on the Japanese people have put the European
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Response Paper: Antigone‚ “A&P‚” and “Good Fellows” In reading the stories‚ it was hard for me to decide and choose what exactly I wanted to focus on. But after brainstorming common themes and comparing the plots‚ I narrowed my focus to choice making and what it meant for the characters in the stories. I noticed that making choices and dealing with the “consequences” and aftermath of these choices were prominent in the stories: Antigone by Sophocles‚ and “A&P” by John Updike. In Antigone
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Immediate responses: After reading All the Way for the first time I immediately recognized its historical importance‚ even if it wasn’t in the light I‚ personally‚ would have liked it in. I couldn’t help myself but notice the racism‚ which I think I was actively looking for. One of the subplots focuses on MLK and his quest to get a Voting Rights Act‚ or in other words LBJ’s decisive handling of the african american population and his party. In the play‚ this game called politics‚ there are a number
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Josh Fuentes Ms. Apshaga English 4 April 2012 Critical response The article "The Wife-Beater" by Gayle Rosenwald Smith appeared in the newspapers‚ Chicago Tribune‚ and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article states her view on the term “wife beater”‚ and the blindness of youth under the age of 25. In this article‚ she also explains that the sleeveless undershirt is not the problem; just the term is what bothers her. The author hates how the name upsets her and how folks under the
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The title of Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please? Is ironic because what is actually required in many of the relationships depicted is more communication. Discuss. PLAN: Topic Sentences: Many of Carver’s characters show a glimmer of communication in their relationship‚ it is ironic that the miscommunication can break a relationship. Very interesting -so they are communicating a sensible amount‚ but in the wrong ways with each other. Although almost all Carver’s characters have a sense of
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English 10 per. 6 10/9/2012 "The Necklace" Response All you hear now a days is "I want‚ I want‚ I want". Guy De Maupassant wanted people to recognize this‚ so he wrote "The Necklace". in "The Necklace"‚ the author shows us to be thankful for what you have by using irony. Mme Loisel has it all‚ except for money. She refuses to see that she has a good life. When Mme Loisel finally does get a fancy necklace‚ she loses it and has to pay it off for the rest of her life. Making it miserable.
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